“Perspective. You start looking at things differently, like everything's not so important. You don't take things so personally. Everyone changes, becomes better people. We all should get that chance...” (Tupac Shakur) In Zusak's book, The Book Thief, takes place during the Holocaust and focuses on a group of characters who are very different but live through many of the same situations with different views of each dilemma that the characters face including a hidden jew, true love, and leaving. Zusak's purpose of writing The Book Thief was to show the reader how people in a tragic situation each react and see life differently by making death the narrator. Zusak did this so the reader can see a variety of perspectives. By being set in a tragic time, the characters’ raw emotions could be expressed through relationships that go beyond race and or culture.

In a book, it's a backbreaking task to take all the characters views and blend them correctly. However, Zusak uses Death as the narrator to show everyone's view of situations that they cannot control. “I do not carry a sickle or scythe. I only wear a black robe when it's cold. And I …show more content…
Because these emotions were so in depth, he could use Death to get an overview of their thoughts and any affair that the group goes through. “Keep playing papa. Papa stopped. He dropped the accordion and his silver eyes continued to rust. There was only a body on the ground now, and Leisel lifted him up and hugged him. She wept over the shoulder of Hans Hubermann. Goodbye papa, you saved me. You taught me to read. No one can play like you.” (Zusak 538). This example shows sensitivity and helps the reader feel and understand Liesel's memories and thoughts. Families were split up, people were hiding from bomb raids, and while some were shaking in fear while some were calmed by the sound of the music that has now faded